MIAMI BEACH – Michael Carreras didn’t think his stereo was that loud.
After all, it was only the stock radio in his Jaguar, not a custom job with subwoofers in the trunk.
But one night in last month, he and some friends were cruising Collins Avenue at 5 a.m. on a Sunday, checking out girls and chatting about the nightclubs. The sunroof was open, the windows were down and they were listening to rapper 50 Cent on the CD player.
Next thing he knew, a police officer was handing him a ticket for violating the city’s strict noise ordinance. In Miami Beach, if cops can hear your stereo from 100 feet away, they can charge you. . . .
[L]ast week, the 32-year-old club promoter found himself listening to La Traviata in Judge Jeffrey Swartz’s chambers.
It was opera as punishment, for 2 1/2 hours.
Details of Judge Swartz’s colorful courtroom here from the St. Petersburg Times. (via The Obscure Store)
MIAMI BEACH – Michael Carreras didn’t think his stereo was that loud.
After all, it was only the stock radio in his Jaguar, not a custom job with subwoofers in the trunk.
But one night in last month, he and some friends were cruising Collins Avenue at 5 a.m. on a Sunday, checking out girls and chatting about the nightclubs. The sunroof was open, the windows were down and they were listening to rapper 50 Cent on the CD player.
Next thing he knew, a police officer was handing him a ticket for violating the city’s strict noise ordinance. In Miami Beach, if cops can hear your stereo from 100 feet away, they can charge you. . . .
[L]ast week, the 32-year-old club promoter found himself listening to La Traviata in Judge Jeffrey Swartz’s chambers.
It was opera as punishment, for 2 1/2 hours.
Details of Judge Swartz’s colorful courtroom here from the St. Petersburg Times. (via The Obscure Store)
MIAMI BEACH – Michael Carreras didn’t think his stereo was that loud.
After all, it was only the stock radio in his Jaguar, not a custom job with subwoofers in the trunk.
But one night in last month, he and some friends were cruising Collins Avenue at 5 a.m. on a Sunday, checking out girls and chatting about the nightclubs. The sunroof was open, the windows were down and they were listening to rapper 50 Cent on the CD player.
Next thing he knew, a police officer was handing him a ticket for violating the city’s strict noise ordinance. In Miami Beach, if cops can hear your stereo from 100 feet away, they can charge you. . . .
[L]ast week, the 32-year-old club promoter found himself listening to La Traviata in Judge Jeffrey Swartz’s chambers.
It was opera as punishment, for 2 1/2 hours.
Details of Judge Swartz’s colorful courtroom here from the St. Petersburg Times. (via The Obscure Store)
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